Saw 4 - Extreme Edition [2007]
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Suitable for 18 years and over Lions Gate Home Entertainment Release date: Monday 3rd of March 2008 Starring: Director(s): Format: PAL, Region code: 2 Running time: 89 minutes |
The twist with Saw 4 is that it digs into the backstory of Jigsaw, although it’s fair to say that it soon becomes a platform to layer on some more deadly traps. Mixing in flashbacks and present day events, the formula is ultimately well worn and well obeyed. Surprises are in short supply, even if there is the odd jump from time to time. There is a law of diminishing returns with Saw 4, however, and as the franchise matures the tricks because less impressive and the blood and guts quotient increases to compensate. Furthermore, director Darren Lynn Bousman occasionally goes overboard with his flash cuts, proving a distraction from the carefully constructed scenarios that were the trademark of the original. Still, criticisms aside, Saw 4 is here to do a job, and it has little qualms about getting on with it. Firmly made in the ‘more of the same’ mould of sequels, it’s compact, grisly and absolutely not the last film in the series. It might not be ambitious, but you can’t deny it’s not good at its job. --Jon Foster
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Editorial
Amazon.co.uk Review
Now we’ve arrived at Saw 4, it’s fair to suggest that most will be familiar with the conventions of the franchise. The dastardly, and really quite sick, Jigsaw (played, as usual, by Tobin Bell) has once again been devising a series of testing, intricate traps to test his human subjects, and naturally when these go off, there’s a fair slice of the film’s budget set aside for the requisite blood and gore. If you weren’t already aware, Saw films are absolutely not for the squeamish.
confusing & nothing new really
Review date: 2008-11-06 Rating: 6 out of 10
Saw IV starts off where the last one finished. More of the same really - nothing different to the other films. I was bored watching this film and I found the constant flashbacks a bit confusing.
Reviews
the games have just begun
Review date: 2008-10-13 Rating: 10 out of 10
i am a huge fan of the saw films because they bring something different to horror movies . yes they do have a lot of blood and gore but tthey also make you think because eaach of the saw films are sewn nicely into each other and have an ongoing story which twists and turns so many times. I was a bit confused towards the end of this one as most people were but once you think and understand what is going on it makes you love it even more because of just how well it works . if you are thinking of buying or watching saw 4 without watching the others then DONT you will be completely lost in the story and you have 2 watch the others 1st great film great franchise
BEST OF THEM ALL
Review date: 2008-10-07 Rating: 8 out of 10
After the excellent part 3 I thought it couldn't get any better, but I was wrong. Looks like we found an heir to the throne of movie monsters after Pinhead's resignation. Tobin Bell as Jigsaw is just awsome!
Awful
Review date: 2008-07-13 Rating: 2 out of 10
First I have to say I have never been much of a fan of the Saw films. Maybe its just because the whole 'super intelligent serial killer' has been done before and to far better effect in Seven and the Hannibal series. The same goes for the hyper fast camera angles, obsessive detective failing at the final clue etc... so I wasn't expecting an awful lot from this one.
While Saw 1 was to a large extent gore without purpose, Saw 2 the usual half measured sequel and Saw 3 something of a climax to the trilogy, a sort of lets quit now while we are ahead Saw 4 is just plain awful.
Set as a continuation of both Saw 2 (The detective captured by Jigsaw at the end of that film) and Saw 3 (The husband still hanging around imprisoned in the basement) This is just frankly dire.
In this film we are treated to the background of Jigsaw, how he became what he is and why. The film continues with just about the only detective left alive, the leader of the SWAT team in his own personal obsession to find his partner who he believes to be still alive.
So again we begin with Jigsaw (Dead we know but hey, since when has that stopped a serial killer? We are even treated to his autopsy at the start of the film then his body bizarrely turns up at the end of the film back in the basement where it was left in Saw 3 (Along with the doctors husband) Now you work that one out, surely if they done an autopsy they found the body, if they found the body they found the doctors husband) up to his usual tricks, setting up elaborate traps and murder devices (Sorry he doesn't kill he leaves the victim to make the choice!) We are even given one of the detectives saying "How does someone bring all this stuff into a hotel" "Piece by piece over days" Comes the reply. Its almost as bad as a kids cartoon I was half expecting "And I would have gotten away with it were it not for you meddling kids" TO chirp in!
Murder, hack, chop, gore. Reverse camera angles, lots of spinning heads, repeat Acton camera shots (hands slamming on tables, stressed looking cops) Problem with a film like this is it tries to be cleaver when in reality it just isn't. Films like Halloween are a damn sight better because they make no attempt at being cleaver they are just popcorn horror. This is just clutching at straws plot writing with a director hoping that the viewer gets carried along with the Saw bandwagon. Problem is, the wheel has fallen off and people starting to lose interest.
Yes, the director has (not so) cleverly given us the new Jigsaw (well he had to after killing off his last prodigy in the other film) So I guess we can look forward to a Saw 5 which I suppose will be the son of the detective who died, his wife's brother, sisters uncles cat, bloke 2 doors down the road or some other weak link to the previous films.
Awful film, file under lost the plot long ago.
Not as good as the first 3
Review date: 2008-06-24 Rating: 6 out of 10
Saw IV is not as sick as Saw III, but is probably more graphic. I was a huge fan of the first three films, and this provides a fitting conclusion, with a decent unpredictable twist at the end. However, I think the twist is good enough to save this film, as the rest of it is fairly transparent. You can see what direction the film is heading in fairly early on, and (***minor spoiler****) if you paid attention in Saw II you can predict easily what will happen (***end spoiler***).
If you've watched the first three, definitely watch this one to complete it, although it does leave itself open for a 5th, something that they should definitely avoid.
Product Details/Specifications
Actor(s):
Tobin Bell
Creators:
Tobin Bell (Primary Contributor)
Director(s):
Recording label: Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Manufacturer: Lions Gate Home Entertainment
EAN: 5060052413864
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 1
Format: PAL,
Release date: 2008-03-03
Audience rating: Suitable for 18 years and over
Region code: 2
Running time: 89 minutes
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